I had the model before this. It had excellent detail retrieval that was as good as expensive dacs. The instrument and stereo seperation was very good as well. It was smartly laid out and I never had an issue with it. The build quality was really good for the price, but lacked some mid-class finishes. The one caveat of that dac is that it did sounds lean and that it lacked a measure of timbral weight and texture. But for the price I thought it was an excellent dac. I eventually moved to a PS AUDIO DL lll.